Deckersamphiura Jagt 2000 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Amphiuridae

Full reference: J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 3: Ophiuroids. Scripta Geologica 21:1-179

Parent taxon: Amphiuridae according to J. W. M. Jagt 2001

See also Jagt 2000

Sister taxa: Amphioplus, Amphiura, Amphiurinae, Bibophiura, Nullamphiura, Ophiactininae, Ophiocnida, Xanthamphiura

Subtaxa: Deckersamphiura inusitata Deckersamphiura vitea

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Type: Deckersamphiura inusitata

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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